very few, if any boxers are ever at a point in their careers where they are fighting purely for "legacy"

somehwere in the business somebody is profiting off of you
if oyu want to fight for you legacy they will exploit you for all you are worth

this is a business. you have to act in your best business interest and protect yourself.

they fight for money, put the fights on for money, match you for money, etc
if you go in there thinking legacy somebody is going to use you up and spit you out

they dont give a damn about your legacy.

once in a blue moon a fighter will reach the top and be sound enough financially to take fights for his legacy, but generally they are rare.

ALI wouldn't be called the greatest if he was Ducking and Dodging like Floyd.

In the end we humans choose our path. Ali chose the path of greatness. Some choose the path of self preservation (Floyd).

Yup, how dare Floyd question the great Ali 's decision to fight hard fights. He is in no position to even bring it up and say it was Ali 's fault that cause him to have Parkinson.

It was Ali's decision. That decision of fightting the best out there made Ali the legendary fighter that he is.

What we got from the interview is how disrespectful of Floyd to even bring up Ali 's mistake of fighting the hardest fight there is. It was Ali 's choice. It is only Ali who can say if he made a mistake or not, but we do know he loves the fans and he loves boxing.

It seems legends are born to rise and be great, but some just bark and bark that they are great but they don't actually prove it in the ring. All bark and no bite. (floyd)

Floyd fought Ortiz when he was coming off his greatest victory vs Berto.*
He fought Mosley when he came off his greatest win vs Margarito. **
He outclassed Hatton when he was undefeated.*
He beat De la Hoya in his own weightclass at 154.*
And now he's fighting a confident Cotto at 154 after avenging his loss to Margy.. no catchweight.*
So floyd keeps proving the point that he doesn't do what Pacquiao does. Instead, he fights them on an even playing field, at their best. period.

Pacquiao fights De la Hoya at 147, a weight he hasn't made in years.*
Pacquiao fights Hatton after being exposed by Floyd.*
Pacquiao fights Cotto at a catch-weight after being damaged by Margacheato.*
Pacquiao fights Clottey after losing to the shot Cotto.*
Pacquiao fights slow Margy after being KO'd by Mosley, at a catch-weight as well.*
Pacquiao fights Mosley after Floyd breaks him mentally. *
Pacquiao fights Marquez with intentions of taking advantage of his age but gets bullied and beaten all 12 rounds. *

thats just stupid.you said"when was the last time he fought a top p4p fighter"

thats an epic fail.in that case when was the last time manny fought a top p4p fighter??since jmm does not count

Handicapping 2 divisions apart is stupid if you want to let the fans feel it was a fair fight it should have been at least half way. Not 2 divisions up, too much of a disadvantage for jmm. You can see in that fight marquez punches were just bouncing like as if there was a brick wall in front of him lol Plus Floyd had to cheat the weighing scale to gain more advantage lol

I cannot credit Floyd for that, marquez jumped to 2 division in a short amount of time. His body wasn't ready for the jump. Building mass takes time. He wasn't ready. He was dumb to accept it though, I'll tell you that much, but yes his punches were pitty patty compared to Floyd that night.

He was a lightweight fighting a welterweight that night, it's so obvious watching it.

I think that last answer to Costas about how Ali shouldn't have taken the fights people were asking for is very revealing.

Floyd wakes up every day and looks at his retarded trainer and his even more retarded father and knows if he isn't careful with his career that this will be his future. He can make a ton of cash without having to risk his mental health like his family did.